I was convicted in 2017 and given a life sentence. I already went thru direct appeal where defendants are represented by the IL Appellate Defender for free. After that, IL defendants are on their own. I was denied a Writ of Cert and subsequently filed my petition pro se timely with the trial...
The deadline for the submittal of my IL initial post-conviction petition in the appeal of my criminal conviction was in July 2021. I mailed it timely to the trial court but didn't send a copy of it to my county State's Attorney. My judge independently accepted and moved my petition to 2nd stage...